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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVErBER 24, 1916
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Delegates to State Conven
tion Climb on Steam
Engine
POLITICIANS ARE RAPPED
Workers Warned Against Wiles
of "Well-Oiled" Opposition
in Philadelphia
By M'LISS
svtl.I.tAMSPOIlT. l'n , N'ov 24 Kour
I atys ngo the leaders of tho Pennsylvania
r urtrSlt. captained by such women nn
Mica M. Carey Thomss. president or'liryn
MAwr, nnd Mm John O. Miller, of ntts
burgh, most potent members of tho Htnlc
leciltho boanl. pet In motion tho mnchlno
of the forty-elshth nnnual convention of
Ihe I'ennsjhanla Woman ftulTraito Aurocln
Hon. It had nil the aspects nnd appearances
did this machine of a steam roller
But It rolled no quietly, so efficiently, and
It flattened tho opposition so calmly nnd
o painlessly that this nfternoon at the
adjournment a complcto metnmorphosl of
this mnchlno was notlcenbte. Tho steam
roller became a band vvnuon and oerybody,
H iknia ulm thntialit thnv wern In n
I '...ihti ilLmmlpil condition, climbed nbonnt
and rode away happily to their respective
homes.
The hlBh points of tho program, put
throuKh by tho Htnto llonrd canny nld
guard that it is aro
Tho mlnlmlrlnj? of tho power of the
' suffrage clubi by a reduction of their
representation and by nmnlgnmntlnK
them with tho Woman'd Suffrage party
through tho political organization of
' the counties, this being dona through
the hotiy contested-revision of tho con
stitution and by-lnvvB
The nnswcrlng of the criticism of
Mrs. John O Miller's bosslsm" by her
resignation from tho blnto chairman
ship of tho Womin Suffrage party, a
reslgmtlon which In no vvnv lessened
ier power, but merely diverted It to tho
vice presidency, an oltlco which Bho
holds
The raising of n fund sufficient to
take suffrngo In Pennsylvania ort a
five-cent basis and put It on'ono mora
nearly comparabjo with that of the op
position It has to fight
dkijUgates pleased
The consensus of opinion among the
majority of suffrnglsta Is that this was one
ef the beit conventions ever heldIn point of
the plans made, which, Is carried out, will
put the suffragists In n position mora
ttrongly fortified against the enemy than
they havo ever held beforo
Beforo tho adjournment Mist Lido, Stokes
Adams, of Philadelphia, chairman of the
resolutlonscommlttce, urged thnt tho con
tention go on record ns pressing tho pas
sage ,of tho "corrupt practices act" by the
Pennsylvania State Legislature, nbollshlng
the present vicious "voters' assistance
clause" and nlso urging an act providing
effectual punishment for offenders
Sho also ndvlsed that an emphatic pro
test bo mndo to President Wilson and tho
executive hends of the Civil Service against
the discrimination being mndo against
women applicants for "Government Jobs"
Other resolutions passed woro n vote
. of thanks to Dr Samuel O Dixon, State
Health Commissioner, for giving the suf
fragists the opportunity of helping to stnmp
out tho infnntlle paraljslo epidemic In tho
State; congratulations to Miss Jcanne.tte
Rankin, of Montana, tho first woman Con
gressman , congratulations to the women of
Manitoba for their acquisition of the suf
frage; in 1916, nnd an nppenl to the Penn
sylvania Congressmen to work for the Fed
eral suffrngo amendment
I The nonpnrtlsanshlp of the State associa
tion was rcainrmcd In outlining tho need
ef the Pennsylvania farmer's wife for the
vote, Mrs Jean Knno Fnulkc, of tho Penn
sylvania Department of Agriculture, In n
most feeling address startled tho conven
tion with her rovelatlons of the conditions
under which tho farm women of this State
work.
"Reenuan nf tho shortage in farm labor.
V women aro 'working out ' I saw ono woman
driving a corn binder and working in the
field with her husband, who told me sho
had been obliged to send her youngest child,
three years old, to her mother's for tho
day, as It was too largo now for her to
carry on her lap while occupied In such
work.
"I spent a night In a house where the
house mother not only had her own family
to board, but a little orphan child whom
he was mothering nnd caring for. She
had been up Blnco three o'clock tho morning
I got there, doing all the housework nnd
assisting In the butchering of ten hogs for
which her husband would pocket tho check
and her own compensation would be the
feeling that sha had helped her 'man ' This
woman wns not content ; not because of tho
work, for she was willing nnd loving nnd
glad to help, but sho spoko to ma with
tears In her eyes of tho fnct that the School
Board was corrupt nnd the school building
and equipment not what It should be; that
the road passing her house wns Impassable
for months In tho year. Sha also told mo
he had to drlvp her 'man' to tha polls
Fhen it came to tha election of local offl
olals, as ha took no Interest In It nnd said
that It wns all 'fixed' anyway.
If WAKlNn tip mrm wnr.va
The men are to be pitied, for they real
lie that something Is wrong, but they
become so used to seeing women living nnd
being treated a certnln way that they do
not reallte this could and should ba dif
ferent. They are unwilling to acknowledge
that a woman should "work out" in more
senses tiian the cornblnder.
Men nro sent to the Legislature 'and
given office who do not represent us, who
do not care for our real Interests, but
whose Interest Is In themselves and their
object to 'stand up,' so that they may 'go
back' for other terms. Our local govern
ment Is 'controlled' for us; men aro ap
pointed or elected to official office not be
mum of their suitability to fill tho posl
tlon, but because of the votes they con.
trol "
Mrs t George A. Plersol discussed the
Problems that Philadelphia will hava to
, meet In fighting at tha next referendum
ttne "well-oiled, powerfully financed" no
! Jltica) organization aligned against suffraga
, In tha Quaker City,
I 8t3mnt9t$
That Buffet Tablo that
greets you as you enter
the St. Jaroea dining room
it typical of Life.
It'a loaded with tempting
thinaji some lubitantial,
tome not end the dill
pickle are nest to, the
French paltry.
Pickle or Pastry he thankful I
Efje gt. Sfnmut
Walnut at 13th Street
News at a Glance
PENLI.YN, r.. V0. J!. A pnblle meet
ing for the taxpayers of tjwer tlwjrtedd
township will be held In the Maple flrovo
schoolhouae tonight, when the board of dl
,? wl" nn'" " to learn the sentiment
of those Interested In the proposed con
solidation of tha four schools In the dis
trict. Addresses will be made by Governor
Brumbaugh. County Superintendent LandlH.
Doctor Byrnes, of tha !,ower Merlon dis
trict, nnd B. C. Spring
t AMnt.KIt, Ph., Not. It. IteptihUrnn of
.19 Th,rd Assembly District omnnliM the
North Venn Itepubllcan Club nt a meeting
held nt the home of Italph Beaver Strauss
burger, nt Center Square Joseph A Bu
chanan was chairman of the meeting The
committee on membership Is ns follows:
J A Buchanan, W S Achuff, A M
Jenkins nnd It C Itoberts, of Ambler;
Samuel Yeakle, Whltcmnrsh ; It. II Htrausa
burger and S H Collins, of Whltpaln ; Plerca
La Plere and W J Dcv In of Upper Dub
lin The headquarters of Ihe club will be
In this borough
Itn.iniNn, fi NnT. SI. Austin Mea
lier, forty-one jears old. of this clt, mem
ber of tho hat manufacturing firm of W D
Mohn A Co, Is In the Homeopathic Hos
pital In a serious condition from Injuries
received by being run down bv the nutomp
blle of It. M Hater todav Mr Itlegner's
noso nnd collarbone were broken and bo
also suffered a probablu fracture of the
skull
IllIADIMI, !.. Nov. tl liluli wind
nnd rainstorm which passed over this city
early today did consldernbla damage, most
serious being tho blowing down of n tall
brick stnek at tho llendel hat factory, on
South Third street A number of dwellings
In the vlclnltv were damaged bv the falling
brliks, nnd there were somo narrow escapes
from Injury
Iti:lIN(l, t'n , Sot. St. Upturning
to her home nt Ilosedate. n suburb of Head
ing after attending n church supper last
night. Mrs Allco I Gaul, thlrtv-ono tears
old, wns seized with an attack nf ncuto In
digestion and died a few hours inter Tho
matter hns been reported to Coroner
Norton
cn.VTiwi sotMti:. r not. s The
Montgomery Countv Court will be nsked to
reduce tho fare on tho t,ehlgh Vnlley Tran
sit line from ten to five cents. In nccordnnco
with an alleged verbal agreement claimed
to havo been made when the right of wny
was granted through the township
AI.I.KNTOWN, Pa., Not. SI. Arthur
Mitch, twent) -eight cars old and married,
captain of tho Cnopersburg baseball nine,
wns Jailed today for eloping with nineteen
j ear-old Ida Hnttle, a neighbor Dv telling
Miss Hottlo his wife had divorced him, ho
Is said to havo Induced Miss Hotttn to go
to Philadelphia, where they spent a week
They wero locatod through n letter tho girl
wrote her sister.
ItEADINO, I'll, Nov. tl. llo.ntutlnns
were pnssed urging nil directors to Increase
the salaries of teachers, and nn old-ngn
pension fund wns approved nt tho twont
fifth nnnual convention of tho Berks Coun
ty School Directors' Association nt tho
Keystone State N'ormal School, Kutxtown,
today.
LANHIIALR, Pit., Nor. SI. youth who
says ho Is IMwnrd Murray, of Jersey City,
wns arrested here today on n ctmrgo fit
throwing freight from n box car at North
Wales. He was locked In tho car by tho
crew nt North Wnles nnd Constnblo Chnrles
White, of Iansdale was notified He mado
the arrest when the train reached here
CAMDEN
JACOB SCHMIDT, sixty yrara old, SSSS
Federal street, Is In Cooper Hospital today
with a fractured skull as tho result of
having been struck by nn automobile last
night, nt Twenty-fourth nnd Federnl streets
The automobile was driven by Samuel
Trout, n cigar manufacturer, of 701 Chest
nut street Trout was held In $600 ball to
await tho outcomo of Schmidt's injuries
TWO IIOY8 were held for the Juvenile
Court today on tho charge of larceny of
empty bags from tho fertUlxor plant of
John Wcnderoth, River road and State
street. They aro John McOlnnls. fourteen
years old. of 212 North Ninth street, nnd
Charles Holmes, twelve years, of 1020 Car
penter street
Takes Arsenic in Suicide Attempt
William Caatcrllng, forty-fivo years old.
of 3842 Brandywlno Btrect, attempted sul
cldo by drinking whisky Into which ho had
placed twenty grains of arsenic According
to Detective Harbrldge, who Investigated
the case, Casterllng had been despondent
becauso his wife left him somo months ago
Ho la In a serious condition In the Presby
terian Hospital
Hunter Dies From Wound
CUMBnnLAND. Md . Nov 21 Frank
n. Walker, thirty-six, of Meersdale, I'n
died last night nt the hopltnl here, from n
wound nccldontaHy Inlllcted a week ago
while hunting near Garrett, Pa His widow
and nva children survive
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DEMOCRATS CLAIM
MORE EVIDENCE
Alleged Irregularities in
Fifth Ward Now Engage
Their Attention
"OLD GUARD" SCRUTINY
Committee Meets to Discuss Pro
posed Federnl Probe Into
blection
Additional evidence of election Irregular
ities sulllclent to vvnrrnnt tha lyoof that
Democrats ore not "binding" vv hen they saj
thev hnve evidence for n thorough Federal
probo was unoArthcd todav
Tho 'Irregularities" Just discovered are
snld to have occurred In the eleventh divi
sion of the ' tlloody Fifth" Ward, back
ground for Just ns many tricks ns gorv
Initios. Democrat charge that tho Wilson
vote was greater than tho ballots credited
In the official return for Democratic presl
denttal elictors
This nse. together with other complaints
that lmvi nrleu In droves since tho elec
tion will bo considered late this afternoon
by tho urgntiltntlon committee of tho 'Old
flnard" Democratic oltv committee nt Its
meeting to lw held nt Tenth nnd Wnlnul
slrectK
None of the election olllclnls of the
eleventh division of the Fifth Wnrd Is
n nemotr.it not even one could be classed
lis bipartisan I mn tills hinges tho IHmii
ucriitlc Charge of Irregularities It Is said
that tho result of tl, Investigation will,
with others crrtsilnlv result In the Federal
probo demnhdtd
Tho polling ,ince of the division Is nt 2S
.spruce street convenient, Indeed, for lie
publican I'otnmltteemnn i:ibert Mr Klbert.
the jounger. Is both nn undertaker and a
pugilist He will, therefore. Democrats say.
bo nblo to bur himself when his political
death Is pronouiued nt the conclusion of
the Federal probe
Mr Hlliert was disinclined this morning
to tulk nboul the past election Just ns his
fnthcr. who wns election Judgo of the divi
sion nnd who Is extremely ncnrslghted, wns
willing to unburden himself with tho mimes
of the election board, his son. pugnnclous.
snld. In a manner aomevvhnt different than
thnt used In circles of society In which ho
Is accustomed
"Whnddvuh want? Vhoarcyouh? Ono
of them fresh guvs huh''
Neutral gentlemen who divided their to
bncco equally between their npprovlnc
mouths nnd faded waistcoats guffawed at
this humorous outburst from "Jimmy"
Carey's henchman
NO DEMOCRAT ON BOARD
Officials returns from tho division gave
Hughes 110 votes and tho Wilson-Marshall
electors sixteen votes Tho totnl number
of ballots Included In tho "official" return
wns 1BT
Tho Wilson strength wns mndn without
nld of either of tho minority olllclnls David
Orwell, nffectionntely called "Dave" by the
older Hlbert, ndmltted that his Job ns
minority Inspector wns obtained under the
clonk of "Progressive" Ho refused to say
whether ho vvas nn Organization worker
beforo ho Joined tho Progressiva pnrt
"Davo" lives nt 310 South Iiwrence street,
next door to n soup society nnd right ncrosa
tho street from Now ton I.nmllugh, nn
other 'minority' Inspector1 "Dave" wns
exceedingly coy nnd bnshful nbout nnstver
Iiir repented rings but not so with Lam
plugh Lamplugh llkewlso ndmltted that
ho wasn't n Democrnt
nvr.NiNo m:doi:r's rnonn
Francis Fisher Kane, I'nlted States Dis
trict Attorne), gives tho Hv rhino I.nnnr.u
credit for first tailing the nttentlnn of the
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jmblli to thV possibility of forcing . Fed
ral investigation, A year ngo last De
cember n staff correspondent made nn ex
haustive Investigation In Terre Haute. Ind .
where the Government prosecuted twenty
eight city officials, charging Ihem with eon
sMrncy to defraud the United States In n
notable series of articles -the Hvenino
I.KtoEn explained the situation, tho first
In which the Government prosecuted under
tho penal code The Terro Haute officials
were convicted nnd are now Fervlng terms
In Fort Leavenworth.
The conviction of the me'n vvns'obtnlned
by the Oovernment on tho ground that tho
election ofllcers tampered with the ballots,
stuffed boxes. Intimidated voters nnd con
spired to chnnge the genernl election re
sult The Court. Judge Ferguson, of Indi
ana, held for the first time In tho I'nltetl
States that this was a fraud against the
Oovernment In that It foisted men Into the
service of the country (a Senator nnd Con
gressman) who were not the choice of the
people, but, of the Organisation
Tho nvBNtxo LKtxir.n was the first news
paper In the East to rccognlte the Impor
tance of the case, and presented tho facts to
Its renders Mr Kane wns one of tho first
Interested, and subsequently went Into the
legal detnlts
COLI.KKN MUSIS MVORCi:
Pretty DoncRnl Bnrmniil Corespondent
In Wnlsh Case
A pretty Irish barmaid from Donegal
Count, Ireland, was the cnut of a divorce
between Captain John II Wnlsh nnd his
wife Mnrgsret, nf Hwlngvllle. N J . nccord-
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Chancery today
Tha divorce was granted nnd the husband
was ordered to pay 10 n week mnlnUnane
to his wife Mrs Wnlsh In her petition
nlso Alleged cruel nnd Inhuman treatment
on tho part of her husband. Hut tho climax
came, sho said, when on ono ot his trips to
see his parents In Ireland her husband
brought back the girl whom he described
ns i:ilen Walsh, a niece. Mrs. Walsh snld
that tho girl bore no relation Whatever loj
Walsh, ami furthermore was n unrmniii
This Walsh denied, sajlng the girl was not
a barmaid, nnd that he "understood" that
she vvas n distant relative.
An) way, the girl called him "uncle" nnd
that wns sulllclent Thoy took up their res
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